Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew - Winner of the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize -- Avi Shlaim, Paperback Practices If ever there was any

If ever there was any doubt that Van Gogh's letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation

some may see the story as a metaphor for preparing one's family for the possibility of wartime death

The classroom glues have had enough

As she delves deeper into the maze of deception

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew - Winner of the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize -- Avi Shlaim, Paperback Practices If ever there was anyA unique coming of age story from the lost world of Arab Jews In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMES Today the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time numbering over 130,000 and tracing its history back 2,600 years, has all but vanished. Why so? One explanation speaks of the timeless clash between Arab